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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Freedom is not Free - Washington, DC

Sorry for being MIA for a couple of weeks, but my hubby and I just got back from Washington, D.C.!

I've chronicled our time in DC through photos :) we stayed 4 blocks from the White House, so it was pretty central and easily accessible every where. We also went to Virginia a couple of times to visit the pentagon and Arlington cemetery.

Overall it was a pretty mellow and relaxed vacation. The only thing I would changed about it would be skipping the Washington DC big bus hop on hop off tour... The didn't come often or stop in the designated spots... Waiting for almost 1 hour for a bus to come was stressful; also the drivers were very rude. It was terribly disappointing to hear people employed to help tourists yell and scream at their faces when they're lost / asking questions. I mean Americans from all over the country and visitors from all over the world are paying hundreds of dollars to ride on a hop on hop off bus, and technically keeping these rude staff employed... And as a Canadian seeing a poor Californian seniors being humiliated was very disappointing and sad.

(If you're wondering how we knew they were from California- they had Californian shirts on)

Anywho, to end in a good point, 80% of the time the hubby and I just taxied every where! And saved a heck of a lot more money and stress :)

Hope you like the photos.

Waiting to get on an airplane in YVR

Our stop over at Portland

National gallery of art.

The tunnel in between the west and east building under the national gallery of art.

The national air and space museum

White House backyard. We weren't allowed to the go to the front yard because of the heightened security ... Obama came home the day we went to visit.

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